ECON 2000 Final: test 3

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Economic profit = total revenue explicit costs implicit costs. Accounting profit = total revenue explicit costs only (dollar) Economic profit = accounting profit implicit costs: normal profit (acct profit = implicit cost) Market structure - the number and relative size of firms in an industry. Monopoly (1 firm/seller /unique product to whole market / huge entry barrier) Perfect comp. (selling exactly same product/ huge no. The firm is a price taker. it will charge only the market price. The only decision left is how much to produce. Production decision (quanto voce vai ganahr se produzir mais uma unidade de output. As output increases, mc increases squeezing the profit from added units. If p>mc, we add to profit by selling that one. If p mc = increase production to increase profit.

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1. When a profit-maximizing firm produces, they will be producing at that output at which marginal cost = marginal revenue:

all of the time
some of the time
on rare occasions
none of the time

2. Economics Profit is:

the same as accounting profit
sales minus explicit costs and implicit costs
sales minus variable costs and fixed costs
opportunity cost only

3. A market structure with so many firms that no one firm has any influence over price, and firms produce an identical product is called:

monopoly
oligopoly
perfect competition
monopolistic competition

4. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a perfectly competitive market?

identical products
perfect mobility
perfect knowledge
price maker

5. The demand curve in a perfectly competitive market is perfectly elastic.

true
false

emeraldwombat313

1. Which of the following is a difference between a perfectly competitive market and a monopoly?

A. There are huge barriers to entry in a perfectly competitive market, while there are no barriers to entry in a monopoly.

B. The market demand curve faced by a perfectly competitive firm is horizontal, while the market demand curve in a monopoly is downward-sloping.

C. The sellers in a perfectly competitive market are price-makers, while a seller in a monopoly market is a price-taker.

D. The equilibrium price in a perfectly competitive market exceeds marginal revenue, while the equilibrium price in a monopoly equals marginal revenue.

2. Which of the following firms is likely to have the highest market power?

A. An oligopoly with homogeneous products

B. A monopoly

C. A monopolistic competitor

D. A perfectly competitive firm

graygrasshopper945

The difference between total revenue and total cost is _______________________________

20. . A perfectly competitive firm is definitely earning an economic profit when: ________________

A) MR > MC. B) P > ATC. C) P > MC. D) P > AVC.

-Suppose that a business incurred implicit costs of $200,000 and explicit costs of $1 million in a specific year. If the firm sold 4,000 units of its output at $300 per unit, its accounting profits are:_________________________________________________

-For the economist, total cost includes______________________________ for an economic profit

-Assume the XYZ Corporation is producing 20 units of output. It is selling this output in a purely competitive market at $10 per unit. Its total fixed costs are $100 and its average variable cost is $3 at 20 units of output. This corporation accounting profit is:_______________________________________________________________

-Identify the following market structure

-A market with no close substitutes ____________________________________

-A market that focuses on differentiated products_______________________

-A market with one seller______________________________

-A market where there is collusion________________________

-A market that involves the auto industry_____________________

-A market where you are a price taker_____________________________

-A market where advertising is a strong incentive____________________

Why can fixed costs be considered as an entry fee?

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